Books in this category include stories about kinds of families and activities that families do, such as celebrating holidays, adopting children and communicating across generations.
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Book Results for: Illness
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Babu's Song Aaron Boyd (Illustrator), Stephanie Stuve-Bodeen (Author) In Tanzania, Bernardi's grandfather who has lost the ability to speak, helps his grandson realize his dream of going to school. [Grade Level: K - 6]
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Crash Written by Jerry Spinelli Crash Coogan is a seventh grade "jock" who enjoys teasing his skinny Quaker neighbor. When one day Coogan's grandfather has a stroke and becomes severely disabled, Crash no longer sees the fun in playing brutal pranks and quickly learns about what is important in life. [Grade Level: 5 & Up]
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Drita, My Homegirl Written by Jenny Lombard Drita and her family come to New York as refugees from war-torn Kosovo. Even though she barely speaks English, Drita can’t wait to start school and make a new best friend. But her new classmates don’t make it easy, teasing her about virtually everything. The worst is Maxie, a tough African-American girl whose sassy attitude hides a painful secret. When Maxie takes things too far, their teacher assigns Maxie a paper on Drita and her journey to America from Kosovo. Suddenly, Maxie realizes she and Drita have more in common than she thought. And when Drita’s mother gets sick, there’s only one person who can help—Drita’s new homegirl. [Grade Level: 3 - 5]
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Facing Down the Tough Stuff Written by Jacqueline L. Harris Young authors with learning disabilities, serious illness, blended families and friendship struggles share their stories. The end of the book includes teaching ideas and discussion questions.
[Grade Level: 4 - 6]
My Grandma's in a Nursing Home Judy Delton (Author), Kathy Tucker (Editor), Dorothy Tucker (Author), Charles Robinson (Illustrator) This book is about a young boy, Jason, who visits his grandmother, who has Alzheimer's disease. Jason hates going to the nursing home where his grandmother lives. Eventually Jason starts to enjoy going to the nursing home because he sees how much it means to his grandmother. [Grade Level: K - 3]
The Memory Box David Cunningham (Illustrator), Mary Bahr (Author), Kathy Tucker (Editor) Zach's gramps has Alzheimer's disease. Grmaps creates a "memory box" where he and Zach can write down old and new memories and keep them in their "memory box." [Grade Level: K - 3]
